Passin' through passin' throughSometimes happy sometimes blue that's where I ran into youTell the people that you saw me passin' through[ flute ]I shivered next to Washington one night at Valley PortFightin' men suffer like they doMen will suffer men will fight even die for what is rightEven though they know they're only passin' throughPassin' through passin' through...[ banjo ]At the town of New Orleans the biggest fight I ever seenOl' Hickory how you fight the way you doHad not the way you fight it's fightin' for the rightI've so little time and I'm just passin' throughPassin' through passin' through...[ trumpet ]I heard the ragin' cry remembered Alamo Santa Anna you met your WaterlooNow papa love not hate things to do it's gettin' lateI've so little time and I'm just passin' throughPassin' through passin' through...Tell the people that you saw me passin' throughTell the people that you saw me passin' through